rhumb

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rumbo or Portuguese rumo, from Latin rhombus, from Ancient Greek ῥόμβος (rhómbos). Doublet of rhomb and rhombus.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹʌm/, /ɹʌmb/
- Audio (Southern England): (file)
Rhymes: -ʌm, -ʌmb

Noun

rhumb (plural rhumbs)

(navigation) A line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle.
Synonyms: rhumb line, loxodrome
(navigation) Any of the 32 points of the compass.
(navigation) A unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°.

Derived terms

Translations

a line which crosses successive meridians at a constant angle — see rhumb line

one of the 32 points of the compass (compass points)

Arabic: دِيرَة f (dīra)
Bulgarian: румб m (rumb)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kompassipiiru
French: rumb (fr) m, rhumb (fr) m
German: Kompasspunkt m, Rhumb n or m (old Anglicism)
Hungarian: szélvonal
Italian: rombo di bussola m
Portuguese: rumo (pt) m
Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: kompassträck n

a unit of angular measure equal to 1/32 of a circle or 11.25°

Arabic: خَنّ m (ḵann)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: kompassipiiru
French: rumb (fr) m, rhumb (fr) m
German: Rhumb n or m (old Anglicism)
Italian: rombo di bussola m
Romanian: cart (ro) n
Sanskrit: please add this translation if you can
Swedish: kompassträck n

References

^ James A. H. Murray et al., editors (1884–1928), “Rhumb”, in A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles (Oxford English Dictionary), volume VIII, Part 1 (Q–R), London: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 634, column 2.

French

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

rhumb m (plural rhumbs)

rhumb

Further reading

“rhumb”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.